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Jim McGovern: “If you want to talk about defrauding the Federal Government, I mean, we ought to take a good look at defense contractors…”

On the recordJune 19, 2019
If you want to talk about defrauding the Federal Government, I mean, we ought to take a good look at defense contractors and all the cost overruns.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He suggests focusing on corporate fraud instead of SNAP fraud.

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